with Walt Disney and over exposed on my mind
and too much mountain dew to get to sleep
I thought i might inspire with a Haunted Hooch thread
or at least show off a little of our swagger

this is something we did way back and is a HH classic now...
i could see it fit nicely into a place like haunted overload
or maybe your haunted house
this is a 200 year old oak tree that we dressed up a lil
an actor with cables made his eye lids blink and his mouth move
and armed with a mic heckled patrons as they passed
with material like get off my nuts etc etc...ahhh good times

They weren't no "Darkness" sets by no means, but man you can sure tell a difference. They started looking nice for a party in the end. Too bad I quit a few years ago.

Ohh btw: Love the tree :D I lol'd about the "nuts"

03-24-2012

badass

the year was 1990 and we were in the concert business as was Dave Faukman..
thats right i am about to show off preScarefactory and all the spin offs that followed

anyways it was a guillotine were the head once again heckled the crowd before and after the decapitation
the eyes and mouth both moved with air and the valves were hand controlled so the guy running the mic could say anything he wanted and keep the mouth in time...
just a steal frame head with actuators a mask and Velcro... the guillotine was enormous and made just the same way we do it today..all 100 year old oak and a stainless blade..
the head once cut off hung from 550 cord and swung towards the crowd..
everyone thought it was great. now its like a trophy in my office

i think this guy (slim pickens)came next.. actually not but i cant find a pic of the one before him named maggy otts..
which we used a spring instead of a pneumatic. and he fly up super fast..
soo they laid on the ground infront of a tombstone that said maggy otts
and were covered with wet rice...soo when they flew up it thew wet sticky rice on the patrons...
which looked like maggots... definitely the good old days

Jake all i could find is vid of walking right past it..
i cant find any of it in action
i'm sure its out there somewhere
i'll keep looking because its hilarious

Larry i agree and plan too

Frightener i know right..
and its just one after another joke like like that....

sooo heres something interesting about the last pic..
on the left is a horse head skull that we glued big sharp teeth
and spikes on his nose...and all down his back
what you cant see is
he is a total prehistoric looking skeleton wired together..
when the crowd approached an actor would rattle the bones to kick off the show
and when people looked at the skeleton..
maggy otts would fly up..
throwing wet rice
then the actor fly's up from right behind them
man it takes me back...

03-25-2012

Tater

Ahh yes...The Tree...then the head...and If i remember right Tim, there was a Deers head that did the same thing in later years...however, each one of those has called me Gillian and Don Knotts....was a good time indeed

03-26-2012

badass

yes yes the talking deer head was hilarious too

a steel frame with a tanned deer hide n glass eyes ..
it was a hand puppet with your actor behind the wall
on the mic with one liners like u want some deer meat ??

thinking of the old days n Kevin Averys comment on quality and feeling like a douche
reminds me of yucky man
we made him in the shop
and a friends 6 year old was there
and i scared him with it
he cried and i loved that kid
and he would never come in my shop any more
and i felt like a douche
poor kid

he operated with a wiper motor and was crawling out of a grave..
shoulders n arms n hands movin back in forth
we have changed some motors btw
he still operates today .... 18 years later

Seeing these great pictures of yester years makes me want to pull out some old photos and post them.
But that would require some investment of time since I have loads of old photos. I would love to do this, and you know what. I will.
this is going to have to happen when I have some free time.
keep posting the pics. I am lovin it.

03-27-2012

screamforadream

Yeah they're really cool, i'd love to see more! Kevin, yours too!! I think anyone who has any photos from these kinds of years should post them, hell, I wasn't even born! haha. It's really cool to see how far things have come!

03-28-2012

badass

glad you like them..
i have partners that have been upset when they go to the show and see their idea redone ..or done or whatever
but the fact is we are all inspired by everything we see and experience and
these inspirations are what takes all of us from where we are to where we are going...
soo just passing sum of it around

you cant think of the old hooch without thinking of the flying chainsaw
this guy flew over the heads of thousands of unsuspecting hoochie heads back in the day
waiting til the last second to start his saw n rev right over them...

One of my favorite memories is having the chainsaw maniac flying overhead. I've never seen it anywhere else. I've been going to Haunted Hoochie since 2001. Whenever I hear the song "Down With The Sickness", I think of Haunted Hoochie. Who can forget the fire breathing dragon, fire breathing demons, the massive skulls that would hit the fence, the animated hangman or the massive skeleton puppet that emerged from the woods?

03-29-2012

Darkangel

Headless Horseman hayride in NY does a flying chainsaw skit.

DA

03-29-2012

Speculo

Hoochie is one of a kind...

I remember blasting a chunk out of the bottom of my foot when taking hits off my Mini Tesla coil there and grounding out on a steel lean plate. One of the actors took a blast to the head! I shut it off after that! It was at a Midwest maybe 6 or so years ago?

Fun times!

03-29-2012

sophisticatedterror

I think I remember that Ben...was it at that party?

Kale

03-29-2012

screamforadream

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speculo

Hoochie is one of a kind...

I remember blasting a chunk out of the bottom of my foot when taking hits off my Mini Tesla coil there and grounding out on a steel lean plate. One of the actors took a blast to the head! I shut it off after that! It was at a Midwest maybe 6 or so years ago?

Fun times!

That made me laugh and cringe at the same time lol, I needed that! Although I really shouldn't be on here, I have a 6 page essay due in an hour and I started it 20 minutes ago....but this, this was needed. =)

03-29-2012

Speculo

I did have a coil at that party at midwest I think that was a year or two later, I was dressed as Frankenstein. That was when my son popped off the coil when my back was turned and it arced to my metal chains in the costume - It caught my burlap vest on fire! People put it out in seconds and I was all ...What happened?

I never have a problem with my electrical show equipment ( Been demoing it for years..) until I get to Ohio....

Maybe it needs to stay home!

03-30-2012

badass

DA ...The flying chainsaw was a staple at the hooch since the very beginning
when did headless start doin it ?

Noah...you are da man.. I know right
we were kickin ass and taking names in the 90s.
Im glad you made it out back in the woods
we are currently toying with the idea of reopening it
an end of the world party for all those who never got to see the all original haunted hoochie
with all the classics

Ben...You sir are one of a kind..
that was a great night ..
Ohio is chocked full of paranormal activity
maybe pack a ground rod for the next trip

03-30-2012

badass

did someone say fire ?
pyro is something we did alot of right from the start
here is a pic from the original hell in 1990

DA ...The flying chainsaw was a staple at the hooch since the very beginning
when did headless start doing it?

Badass, I'm not sure but I saw it on TV this past Halloween, maybe the Weather Channel show.

DA

03-31-2012

badass

DA...there is no shortage of the influence we have had on this industry..
does anybody know if there was any big animation companies before scarefactory ?
I remember back when Dave Faulkman was contracted to operate a haunt for clear channel here in Columbus in maybe 94 or 5
He came thru and was blown away...and he was da biggest man in the concert scene i know...
...i was honored he even knew my name...
he sold promowest to Jules Belkin and he rolled all his profits into scarefactory and started selling to haunts the next year or so...
we have been friends ever since
at least to my knowledge the stuff we were doing back then hadn't been done before

04-01-2012

badass

more fire...
all hail Satan ...joke not wanting to get into religion here..haha
for all those that think Gods inspiration said to add more maggots to the zombies...
just a fyi we give a fortune to many different charities...
and i don't worship Satan
I merely operate a kick ass haunted house

his head moves back in fourth n up n down
he came later maybe 98 or so
he was most awesome sitting on top of the haunt over looking the crowd
and since we built dead acres
that is still what he does today

and while we r talking fire..
its maybe important to point out..
that our fire inspector literally lived at the hooch back then
soo don't try this at home

Looking at all these photos bring back memories...and it makes me say DO IT....BRING BACK THE HOOCH, without a doubt....even with that dreaded blackout maze and the secret push to exit mattress

04-01-2012

badass

your only as strong as your team
and i must point out that all of the monsters that we created in the 90s
one of my best friends Dave (Crow)Basham was the lead artist..
netherworld now has 2 of his creations also

i am glad everyone likes our pics from the early days
many more on deck
this is my passion and i was a lucky kid
to grow up in this business...
my grandfather had been doing a haunted hayride here on our farm since the fifties
but ended when i was in eighth grade...
but i already had it in my blood

my friends and i never stopped talking about running a haunt ....
when i was 20 i bought the farm and started living my childhood dream..

and now members on council had been here getting scared as kids...

the truth is we just have a blast out here
and it shows...

we always had rock n roll bands playing and this guy sat on top of the stage

another gargoyle we made that sat atop of the stage...
goin thru pics for this
really takes me back:D:D:D
like its the 90s all over again....
sorry this pic suks but with my work load i'm done looking for a good one this morning
both of these guys are maybe 7 foot tall
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04-05-2012

badass

wow how the times have changed
my grandfather gave me my first shot gun on my 9th birthday
i started paying on my first truck at 13
i used wake up and run trap line at 4 am
come home n milk cows
then take a shower
eat breakfast then go to school....
once at 14 i got pulled over by the county sheriff ...alone..
i even had a gun but he let me go with a warning
the next morning he saw me again and he waved as he drove by...
all the boys in high school had a gun in the gun rack and a knife on their belt
we were living in America
and we were free
now fingernail clippers will get a kid expelled ...
what have we become ?

here are the pair of gargoyles on top of the stage
its 2 semi trailers parked together...
crappy pic i know but its our history..
and history isn't always a clear picture

when ever we shoot video of our mega crowds
its always better with a band playing in the back ground
its the haunted hoochie way....
sooo much going on its over whelming

04-05-2012

IF YOUR 555

I really want to make it to the Hooch one day, it just looks like alot of fun. Thats a cool idea for the stage and was wondering what type of bands play for your show? The Hooch looks like it screams metal!

Brett

04-05-2012

elowther

Awesome thread! Keep them coming, it's great to see these old photos, thanks for sharing!

04-10-2012

badass

if your 555 im 666
i grew up heavy metal brother
and as you know ...
its a state of mind
gotta stay true to my art

here is our house band Only Flesh performing at the Dead Acres
they have been out in LA trying to get signed since november
and they did and its no wonder...
they are coming back into town in a month to shoot a new music video in Bad Trip in 3d
ill post when were done

WARNING this is Haunted Hoochie at Dead Acres
put the kids to bed ...
this thread is just getting started